Locking-bolt.



W. T. S. DIGKEY.

LOCKING BOLT.

. APPLICATION FILED N013, 190s.

Patented Aug. 24, 1909;

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I UNITED s17.5.3713 s' PATENT orruo.

LOCKING-BOLT.

931,735. Specification of Letters Patent P t nt dn 24., 1909,

'- Application filed November 3, 1908. Serial no.'4eo,so4.

To all whom it may concern: along a line extending longitudinally thereof 55 Be it known thatI,WILL1A1uT.S.DIGKEY, so that the end portions of the base form a'citizen of the United States, residing at eyes 9 at thecenter's thereof, said eyes he Mineralbluif, in the county 'of-Fannin and ing disposed in alinement and constituting State of Georgia, have invented a new and guides as hereinafter set forth. The diagonal useful Locking-Bolt, of which the following wall 3 constitutes a portion of one of the CO is a specification. eyes and operates as a cam, as hereinafter This invention relates to locking bolts and set forth. The ear 5 isbcnt-in position at its object is to provide a device of this charright angles to the plate 1. p

acter which is simple and durable in con- The eyes 9 are desi ned to receive the end struction, the same being formed of but two portions of a bolt 10 having an intermediate partsfone of which constitutes the base and U'shaped or arched portion 11. One arm, guides, while the other constitutes the slid- 11 of this arched portion, is; designed to able memberi 1 ride upon the earn 3 and to b'directed there- 15 A110 aher ob'ect is to provide novel means by into the notch 6, as indicated in Fig. 2.

whereby the olt can be securely held in This is the position of the bolt when the same looking position so as to prevent it from beis held against retraction from its keeper 12. ,ing withdrawn by live stock. 'Itwill be seen, from the foregoing descrip- Another object is to provide a bolt of this tion, that the-bolt here described is formed 20 character which can readily be Locked in of but tvio parts, o wit the ba" e-plate 1 and shifted position .by means of a padlock. the slidable member 10'. ghlbhen the bolt is r Anot er object is to rovide alocking bolt retracted the arched portioir ll thereof rests which can be used eitfier upon left-hand or between theear 5 and that -eye 9 which is ri lit-hand doors as desired. y located farthest from the eam3.. When it is 25 ith these and other jobjects in -vie'w'the desired to shift the bolt, the arched portion,

inventioneonsists of certain novel details of 11, which constitutes an efiicien t handle, is

construction and combinations of parts hereswung upwardly into. ax-plane above the inafter more fully described and pointed out tongue or earrfiand is then slid overthe ear 5 in the claims. T 1 untdthe a'rnr 11 thereof is brought. into 80 In the accompanying drawings the pre'- contact with the eye 9 having the earn 3 ferredform of the invention has been shown. thereon. This movement is suflicient to In said drawings :Figure 1 is a, front leproject the bolt into its keeper 12. As soon vation of the lock embodying thepresent imasthe limit of 1novement has been reached grovementa Fig. 2 is a section on line AB the" arched portion llis'relcased and drops ig. 1. Fig. 31's a section on line C'D Fi by gravity into lowered position. The arm 1. Fig. 4 is a view of the blank from whic 1 11 thereof rides downward on the cam 3 and the base portion of the bolt is formed. is deflected thereby into the notch 6. It will -Referr1ng to the figures ,by charactersof be apparent therefore that it is impossible reference 1 designates the base-plate of'the to disengage the arched portion from the '40 device, the same beingformed with an elon notched ear simply by swinging it vertically. I

gated slot or o ening 2 therein having a di- Instead, said arched portion must be pushed agonally exten ing wall3=at one end thereof upwardly along the ca1n'3 until itpasses out for the purpose hereinafter set forth, there of the notch 6,,Whereupon it can be swung bein an ear 5 formed integral with one lon upwardlya sufficient distance to pass vover e5 gitu inal wall of the slot 2. i This car'has. a the ear By providing this notched ear 5 50 are for the pur ose of rebeiving screws or notch 6 at one end thereof designed to partly it is impossible for. live stock to raise the 'lap the diagonal wall 3 of the slot, and an arched ortion 11" or infa ny .wise shift the: opening 7 is formedwithinthe ear. Openbolt. v yplacing aTpadlock within the ings 8 are also formed withinthe plate land opening 7 theto'lt can beheld against 1ong1tudinal movement and thus securely held other fastening evices usedfor securing the within its keeper 12.-

boltto a door or other structure. The base lt is of'cou-rse to be understood that vari is designed to be stamped in" a single blank ous changes may be made in the constructionas indicated in'Ilig; Letter which it is folded and arrangement of, the parts. .Withoutde-,

tegral guide eyes bridging the'ends of the slot, there being a retaining device integral with and outstandingfrom one Wall'of the slot, and a bolt slidably mounted Within the eyes and having an intermediate arched handle portion movable into engagement with said device.

2. A device of the character described comprising alining guides, a retaining member interposed therebetween and out of alinement therewith, a member slidably mounted Within the guides and having an outstanding handle portion slidable upon I and disposed to swing into position at either side of the retaining member, and deflecting means for directin said handle portion into engagement with t 1e retaining member during theswinging movement of the handle portion in one dlrection.

3. A device of the character described comprising alining guides, a recessed retaining member therebetween and out of aline ment therewith, a member slidably mounted within the guides and having an outstanding handle portion slidable past said retaining member and mounted to swing into position at either sidethereof, and means upon one of the guides for deflecting the handle portion into the recess Within the retaining member I during the swinging movement of'said handle portion in one direction.

retaining member integral with one Wall ofthe slot and extending perpendicularly from the plate, and a bolt shdably mounted within the eyes and having an intermediate arched portion shiftable against the cam and into the recessed retaining member.

5. A device of the class described comrising a;guide, a recessed retaining member interposed therebetween and out of alinement therewith, and a bolt slidably mounted within the guide and having an intermediate arched portion slidable over the retaining member and disposed to swing to either side thereof, and means upon the guide for deflecting the handle portion into engagement with the recessed retaining member'during the swinging movement of said handle portion in one direction.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWn,-I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM T. S. DICKEY.

Witnesses:

W. R. MONELLEY, J. F. MONELLEY. 

